Riverside
Millennium Park
The city turning back to face its river, about two hundred years late.
- Known for
- The riverfront promenade, evening crowds, the bridge view
- Best hour
- Evening, with the bridge lit
- Walk
- 35 min, 4 stops
A strip of landscaped riverfront opened in 1999 along the Strand, and the first serious attempt to make the Hooghly something the city looks at rather than dumps into.
Photographs
Photographs of the quarter. Open one to see it full size.
Must-see buildings
Millennium Park promenade
Opened 1999, extended since. Lawns and river views.
- Howrah Bridge →
Directly north, and the reason to be here at dusk.
Fairlie Place jetty
Ferries north to Belur and Dakshineswar.
GPO and BBD Bagh
Ten minutes inland, and a different century.
Where to eat
Promenade stalls
Along the park, evenings
Chow, rolls, phuchka, ice cream.
Dalhousie office lunches
Inland, 1–3pm
Steel plates, no menus, very cheap.
Things to see
- 01
Howrah Bridge lit, from the lawn
After dark. The classic view without the crowd at Mullick Ghat.
- 02
The working jetties north of the park
The other river, a few hundred metres away.
- 03
A ferry from Fairlie Place
North to Belur Math and Dakshineswar.
Where this sits
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